At Second Breakfast Nutrition, we believe that embodiment is at the root of a peaceful and nourishing relationship with food.

Our practice is fully grounded in weight inclusivity, meaning we reject the belief that a smaller body is inherently a healthier or more valuable body. Instead, our team at SBN embraces the understanding that all bodies are worthy of respectful and evidence based care, no matter their size. In addition to providing sound nutrition education to our clients, we also help them “unlearn” the harmful beliefs and messages they have internalized from a culture obsessed with dieting and intolerant of body diversity.

We believe that nutrition is political, and that discrimination and oppression underlie many barriers to a peaceful relationship with food and body. We have a deep commitment to serving people of all sizes, ability, gender, religion, ethnicity, and color with respectful care that honors their identities and lived experience.

“Second Breakfast Nutrition” is a reference to JRR Tolkien’s Hobbits – mythical creatures who can teach us a thing or two about how to slow down and enjoy the small pleasures in life. Hobbits love to eat second breakfast when they can get it, and we believe this is a great metaphor for our nutrition philosophy. We encourage pleasure, attunement, mindfulness, permission and self-compassion in the eating experience.

Our History & Values

Nutrition Services

  • Weight Inclusive Nutrition

    The research is clear: not only do diets NOT work, they are often both physically and emotionally harmful. However, this scientific fact is often overshadowed by cultural, medical, and social pressures to lose weight and fit our bodies into a one-size-fits-all mold. Through shifting the lens to embodiment, curiosity, self discovery (and nutrition science!) we help client discover how to nourish themselves in ways that support health in all definitions of the word.

  • Eating Disorders

    We provide a safe and compassionate space to move towards healing through nutrition therapy. We have experience working with the spectrum of eating disorders and disordered eating, and are committed to an individualized and collaborative approach to treatment and recovery from an eating disorder. Our dietitians are trained in the Embodied Recovery for Eating Disorders model, which is a trauma-informed, somatically oriented framework that allows for the understanding that we can’t just “think our way” out of an eating disorder! If you have found yourself stuck in recovery and traditional, cognitive behavioral approaches to treatment have not provided what you need, we are excited to be able to offer something different.

  • Chronic Dieting & Disordered Eating

    Do you feel at war with your body, and have a love/hate relationship with food? Disordered eating often goes unnoticed in today’s society, because diet culture teaches us it’s normal to feel this way. There is another way to be with food, one that is easy and peaceful. Through the process of supporting increased embodiment, we will help you re-connect with your body and develop new eating behaviors.

  • Family Feeding

    Parents feel an enormous amount of pressure to raise “healthy eaters”. As parents ourselves, we understand this pressure well! Yet sometimes the very recommendations that seem like common sense don’t work well in practice – controlling portions, keeping sweets out of the house, and putting pressure on trying vegetables are all strategies that sound good in theory, but tend to backfire. If you are getting in “food fights” with your kids, noticing they are sneaking or hiding foods, or have concerns about their growth patterns, family feeding coaching may be helpful. We utilize Ellyn Satter’s evidence-based Division of Responsibility model to help parents do their part in feeding so that kids grow up to be competent, joyful eaters.

  • Diabetes Support

    We have extensive experience working with clients with Type1, Type2, and gestational diabetes in inpatient and outpatient settings. We understand that learning to manage blood sugar is a process; in addition to providing education for blood sugar management, we offer ongoing feedback and support to help you make changes that are sustainable for long-term success.

  • Intuitive Eating Group

    Together with Deeper Roots Therapy, we offer a group called The Art of Intentional Eating - a 10 session educational and interactive group incorporating mindfulness, self-connection and nutritional planning skills to assist participants in letting go of diet mentality, resolving binge eating patterns and improving their relationship with food and themselves. The group is designed with evidence based interventions to effectively reduce bingeing and increase ability to normalize eating.

  • Community Support Group

    Virtual weekly community group provides an open forum for members to explore their journeys to intuitive eating and reconnecting with their bodies.